The challenge
Peabody is one of London’s oldest and largest housing associations, managing a significant portfolio of homes across the capital. The organisation needed to inspect the external envelope of high-rise blocks across multiple estates. Operating in London means navigating temporary flight restrictions that can change at short notice, adding regulatory complexity to any aerial operation. Several blocks qualify as Higher Risk Buildings under the Building Safety Act, carrying legal obligations around the Golden Thread of building information.
Ground-based inspection of these buildings would have required significant scaffolding costs, extended programme timelines, and disruption to residents in occupied homes. Peabody needed standardised, evidence-led condition data to support maintenance planning, resident communication, and regulatory compliance.
What Ovrsite delivered
Ovrsite captured the full external envelope of all blocks across the estates using visual and thermal inspection. Temporary flight restrictions in London were navigated and all necessary authorisations secured in advance. All inspections were completed without scaffolding and without requiring residents to vacate.
The thermal inspection layer provided data beyond what visual inspection alone can capture. AI-assisted analysis produced a complete, graded condition record with every finding costed to NHF Schedule of Rates v8, making the outputs directly usable for budget submissions and repair procurement.
The result
Peabody received graded, costed condition data in a format aligned to NHF SOR v8, making it directly usable for budget submissions and repair procurement without manual re-costing.
For the Higher Risk Buildings on the estates, the dated, located, graded findings contribute to the Golden Thread record required under the Building Safety Act. The same data feeds into the safety case for each qualifying building.
Peabody’s surveyors were impressed with the findings and appreciated the time saving of not having to attend site themselves. Ovrsite delivered reports within 48 to 72 hours, compared to weeks with traditional survey methods.